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CTNMC 50 (P108781)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Museum Collection(s)

Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Museum Number

NMC 07964a

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2)# 3(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sze# gur
2. ur-{d}da#-ni
3. 1(gesz2) 4(u) gur AN-x x
4. 1(gesz2) 6(asz) gur#?
5. inim-ma-dingir
6. 5(u)# 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur
7. szu-[...]
8. [...] 2(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) [x]
9. ur-{d}szul-[...]
10. 2(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 3(u) 2(disz)# gur#
blank space
reverse
1. ba-x
2. 2(gesz2) gur a#-x x
3. 1(u) gur ku3-{d}iszkur#?
4. [...] 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur nig2-[...]
5. puzur4#-[...]
6. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) gur? giri3#-ni-i3-sa6 dumu inim-ma-dingir
7. 1(u) 2(asz) gur giri3#-ni-i3-sa6 dumu igi-zi#?-[...]
blank space
8. szunigin 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) gur
9. masz2 sze ur5-ra szum2-mu
10. mu# us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: CTNMC, 50

[Jacobsen1939CTNMC] Jacobsen, Thorkild. 1939. Cuneiform Texts in the National Museum, Copenhagen, Chiefly of Economic Contents. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NMC 07964a
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) [uncertain]
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.04.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-03-03 at 09:52:18	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2016-07-28 at 14:23:25	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:29:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:11:51	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:09	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (012171) (012171)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“CTNMC 50 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108781.

CTNMC 50 artifact entry (No. P108781). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108781

CTNMC 50 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108781 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2001CTNMC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {CTNMC 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108781},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108781},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P108781
LB  - CDLI:P108781
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - CTNMC 50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108781
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CTNMC 50 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P108781.

CTNMC 50 artifact entry (No. P108781). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P108781

CTNMC 50 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P108781 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

@misc{2001CTNMC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {CTNMC 50 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P108781},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P108781},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P108781
LB  - CDLI:P108781
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - CTNMC 50 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P108781
ER  -